2NE1's New Concert Merch Receives Mixed Reactions For Being 'Outdated,' YG Entertainment Blamed: 'They Did Them Dirty'

When 2NE1 announced its comeback tour this 2024, the K-pop community was thrilled, as one of the greatest girl groups in K-pop is returning to set the stage on fire for its 15th anniversary. However, fans weren't having it with YG's concert merch for the group.

On September 18, netizens gathered in an online thread to discuss 2NE1's merchandise for the concert. According to the post, the author uploaded several images of concert goods, featuring shirts, caps, and caps with 2NE1's logo.

But fans weren't happy with the merch's design and called it out for looking "outdated." Both K-Netz and international fans expressed their frustration with the underwhelming appearances of the goods, while some mentioned how lacking YG Entertainment's efforts were.

Read their comments below:

•  "The 'I Love 2NE1' one is insane."
• "Isn't this I Love NY? What is this?"
• "Well, it's YG. Are we even surprised?"
• "They did them dirty and I hope fans won't buy them."
• "It's a very 2nd gen knock off merch that you'd find at random K-pop vendors' stalls lol."
• "I don't care if it's 'camp,' it's so lazy, I can imagine wearing the first shirt at home and doing a general cleaning in it or something."

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Written by Israel Monte